The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-29
THE GOSSIP OF THE TOWN.
TRIPLES CAUGHT ON THE FLY By
THE NEWNS REPORTERS.

Governor Green was confined to his bed
for two or three days last week by rheum-
atism.
No man at the City Hall is buisier or
more methodical in his business than City
Clerk Scott He cannot say how many
times he is forced to sign his name to war
rants in the course of year, but it runs up
into the hundreds of thousands.
Ex-Assf mblyman Edward L. Savage, of
AIiddlesex, is now President of the Union
County Bank, at Railway, He is also an
active practitioner at the New York Bar.
The Union County Bank is the old National
Bank of Railway, converted into State
Institution recently.
Charles D. j. Noelke, the banker, is in
the full rush of business again. just now
he has special charge of West Shore Nj
seara excursion. He has handsome in
come and knows how to use it with dis
cretion. 1t is not many years ago since he
IVES driving horse car.
The Jersey City Base Ball Club have done
two notable things within the last few
days. They have got new pitcher who
has done nobly in assisting the club to VIC
tories, and the new organization has put
the m Management into the hands of gentle
men who have large pecuniary and there
fore deep personal interest, in its success
and status.
Riders on the Montgomery street cars
must have noticed that one of the old land
marks is going. The house on the corner
of Grove street, which is one of the oldest
in the city, is being torn down to make
room for more pretentious dwelling. DR..
Vondy lived in 1t for many years till he
moved to his handsome residence on Jer-
sey avenue.
The sister of Roscoe Conkiing, who has
lived in this city for a long number of
years shows signs of feebleness. Fer
stature, aud oddities of dress point her
out to every one who meets her. She Was
for some years female inspector in the
Custom House; but rumor says that she
has rot been there since the new Admin
stration came into poAer.
There was tragedy in Senator McPher-
sens mansion in Washington few days
ago. In some manner his colored porter
got his head caught between shelf of the
dumb-waiter and the floor. He was choked
so badly that he died few minutes after
his rescue. Senator Mcpherson and Mrs.
Mcpherson had gone for the summer to
their seaside villa at Monmouth Beach.
The militia boys do not seem to know
just yet whether the First Brigade is to
have an encampment at Sea Girt this year
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or not. ''The Governor" said Lieut.. Col.
Wanser the other day, ''does his own think
ing, and takes the ground that the expense
may be large. The Governor is wonder
fully independent and toadies to no one in
makiE g up his mind what is best for the
State.
The First National Bank managers have
decided to enlarge their handsome build
ing on Exchange Place and Hudson street.
They have now the handsamest banking
office in in the city, and probably in New
Jrsey. The vault is a III 9del of strength
Ind completeness as well as of architecture.
Pie two stories to be added to the building
win add largely to the earning pow er ofthe
property.
Charley Shrope, son of the late Free
holder Shrope, is one of the oldest base
ball Impires in this section of the State.
He is an authority on points of the game,
and has achieved notable reputation for
fairness and accuracy. His fathers death
has de erred him from scsive attention to
his Blu siness OF late, but he will probably
start out wit the Jersey City Club in
week or two.
Three fiercs thunder claps that marked
the thunder storm of Thursday afternoon
81 gg ested the idea, by their intense force
aLu their apparent nearness, that the
ell envy had taken possession of Exchange
Place anu were cannonading the city from
that point. And when the rain
began to fall the sun painted brilliant
rainbow upon the bank of clouds that hung
over the ferry buildiAgs.
Tie Glover Club closed the festive sea
son with a grand dinner at the Hotel
Bellevue in Philadelphia few evenings
ago. Chaucey M. Depew, the witty Presi-
- W.
George, the great land agitator, were pres
ent al the feast. From this city President
E. T.. G. Young, of the First National
Bank, Edward L. Young. George F. Smith,
John A. Walker and William W. Coffin
were the guests of the club.
The 'sFiye Corners is undergoing some
changes. Grocer Wittemeyer, who did |
business xt the Avenue House for very |
many years, has moved away to some point |
on Summit avenue. But more notable |
departure is that of old grocer Tice, whose |
store was in the triangular corner that looks |
down Summit avenue on one side and |
down Newark avenue on the other. He |
had been there for over fifty years, it is |
said. He went away month ago to make |
his home in Orange.
Rector Stoddard, of st. Johns Episcopal |
Church, and his bride returned yesterday |
from Atlantic City, where they went for a
little wedding jaunt Some one was NOV
ing out of the house in which he and As
sistant Rector Sterling have been living,
the other day, and it is apparent that either
the rector or the assistant rector is going to
new quarters. The church is to build its
own rectory. The ladies of the Acorn So
eiety have laid off the last mortgage on the
plot on which it is to be located.
A friand who arrived al Tavlor,c Hot. n
from Brazil few days ago left six or seven
of the famous Brazilian bugs with Clerk
Robert Keren. They are of the kind
which fashionable ladies allow to crawl
over their neck and shoulders and into
their hair attached To LIGHT gold ehains